Development and manufacturing of control and display elements for the elevator industry

SCHAEFER GmbH

SigmaringenNew on Amplifa

Over 60 yearsIn the market (production, development and sales for the

SigmaringenHeadquarters with development and production

Germany, Austria, SwitzerlandDelivery countries according to onboarding

About SCHAEFER

SCHAEFER GmbH, based in Sigmaringen, has been producing, developing and distributing control and display elements for the global elevator industry for over 60 years. The portfolio includes elevator pushbuttons, display panels, analog pointer indicators, glass panels, TFT displays, Lift Information Systems (LIS) as well as CANopen-Lift components according to CiA 417. Manufacturing includes, among other things, in-house brass casting production for call panels, the processing of stainless steel (V2A), glass and acrylic, as well as electronics manufacturing and the assembly of individual customer systems. In addition, the company offers digital products such as the predictive maintenance system PredMa with the SCHAEFER Cloud, configuration software (SCHAEFER Configurator, CANwizard) and touchless technologies such as the Touchless pushbutton B 50 TL and holographic HOLO displays. Reference projects include the Mall of Berlin, the luxury hotel Schloss Elmau and the Presidential Palace Ak Saray in Ankara, for which the so-called TiN-coated car panels up to three meters in height were manufactured. Individual components and system solutions from SCHAEFER are in use worldwide; in North America the company is represented by SCHAEFER Canada.

Site: Sigmaringen
Processes: Brass casting (call panels, precisely machined), TiN coating (PVD, golden hardness/durability coating of panels), Development and manufacturing of control and display elements (pushbuttons, displays, panels), Material processing of a wide variety of manufacturing technologies (individual customer systems), Predictive Maintenance (PredMa) with SCHAEFER Cloud, Configuration software (SCHAEFER Configurator, CANwizard, WS-TAB), Remote assistance and remote maintenance (GoToAssist), Training and webinars (SCHAEFER academy)
Materials: Brass, Glass / laminated safety glass, Stainless steel (V2A), Acrylic (plastic), Natural stone / granite, Brass casting, TiN coating (PVD)
Certificates: Development-accompanying EMC measurements, Vandalism-proof versions (e.g. EKS 42 VPs, EN 81-71, IP protection)
Industries: Elevator industry (elevator manufacturers, maintenance companies), Transport operators, Housing associations, Architecture & hospitality, Transport operators (control and emergency call devices)

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Development and design (Engineering)
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Brass casting / material processing
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Surface finishing (e.g. TiN coating PVD)
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Electronics manufacturing
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Assembly of configured systems
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Software and digital services (PredMa, SCHAEFER Cloud)

Manufacturing Processes & Materials

Messing

Brass casting

Precisely machined call panels produced in the company's own casting process

V2A

Stainless steel (V2A)

Mounting plates and components for demanding panel and pushbutton applications

Glas

Glass / laminated safety glass

Glass panels and mirrored car walls for exclusive glass types

PMMA

Acrylic (plastic)

Insert films and backlit pushbutton applications

Naturstein

Natural stone / granite

Panel design in the UNIQUE segment

TiN

TiN coating (PVD)

Location

Sigmaringen

Headquarters with development and production

Materials: Brass, stainless steel (V2A), glass, acrylic, natural stone

Products & Components

**Touchless pushbutton behind glass panel**Pushbuttons · Elevator construction

**LiftBoy control system**Accessibility · Elevator construction

**HOLO holographic display**Projection technology · Elevator construction

**Analog pointer panel indicator**Precision mechanics · Elevator construction

**Analog pointer outdoor indicator**Precision mechanics · Elevator construction

**Brass casting call panel**Brass casting · Elevator construction

**GlassLine panel**Glass panel · Elevator construction

Inside the production

Industries

Elevator industry (elevator manufacturers, maintenance companies)Transport operatorsHousing associationsArchitecture & hospitalityTransport operators (control and emergency call devices)

Processes & technical limits

Processes	Tolerance	Max. part	Weight	Lot size	Materials
Brass casting (call panels, precisely machined)Casting	–	–	–	–	Messing
TiN coating (PVD, golden hardness/durability coating of panels)Surface	–	up to 3 m (panel height)	–	–	Messing, Edelstahl
Development and manufacturing of control and display elements (pushbuttons, displays, panels)Assembly	–	–	–	–	–
Material processing of a wide variety of manufacturing technologies (individual customer systems)Engineering	–	–	–	–	–

Additional services

Predictive Maintenance (PredMa) with SCHAEFER CloudConfiguration software (SCHAEFER Configurator, CANwizard, WS-TAB)Remote assistance and remote maintenance (GoToAssist)Training and webinars (SCHAEFER academy)VR/360° product visualizationsWeb tools (emergency light finder, TFT assistant, info field layout generator)Development-accompanying EMC measurementsLift Information Systems (LIS)CANopen-Lift components (CiA 417)

Reference customers

Mall of Berlin / Leipziger Platz QuartierSchloss Elmau (luxury hotel, elevators by ThyssenKrupp)Presidential Palace Ak Saray, AnkaraPrivate villa Vienna

Quality

SCHAEFER works on exclusive solutions with requirements to standards such as EN 81-70 (accessibility) and EN 81-71 (vandalism protection) and accompanies development with EMC measurements as well as vandalism-proof versions and IP protection classes for key switches.

Evidence	Sigmaringen
Development-accompanying EMC measurements
Vandalism-proof versions (e.g. EKS 42 VPs, EN 81-71, IP protection)